The L140 course materials from the Open University arrived today. I haven’t done much with it yet apart from open the box. Inside there are three books, a couple of DVD things, a calendar, a study guide and a letter of encouragement. Don’t know why but I feel like a nervous teenager . [...]
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2 January 2010
While in Spain I found my recordings useful, Michel Thomas and Pimsleur. I also found my notes helpful, I’ll come back to that . . . One of the strange things I have found when going to Spain, or France, is the disappearance of vocabulary after one use. You prepare [...] 15 August 2009
Putting together all the various things that I do makes it seem a bit overwhelming but it can be "pick and mix", there is so much variety that I do pretty much what I feel like most of the time. The exception might be when an assignment is due and I want to [...] 15 August 2009
I’m a bit of a geek about pens. For everyday writing I have a selection of Cross pens and a Cross pencil. Here’s one of my current favourite Cross Pens For mind-mapping and note taking I like Pilot V pens with a medium nib, one each of six different colours.
14 August 2009
As I see it there is a simple choice, either try to study two languages at once or accept that once learned a language will be forgotten if not used and will need to be revived at intervals. My experience so far this year supports the second option: I went to [...] 14 August 2009
My current ambition is to be able to communicate comfortably in English, French and Spanish. I began to study Spanish in 2008. I have been a student of French, on and off, for about 30 years and up to last year I could cope reasonably well in a supportive social environment.
14 August 2009
When I started to think about taking on a third language I realised I had two main worries: firstly I didn’t want to lose my second language (in my case French). Secondly I wanted to make the best choices about getting good quality teaching and resources for my new relationship with Spanish. 13 August 2009
In my second year of school French (age 12) I was third from top in a class of 36 children, it was all downhill after that. The fashion in teaching at that time changed from “copy off the blackboard” to audio-visual. Unfortunately for me my learning style is mainly kinaesthetic, I need to [...] 13 August 2009
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